Domaine Jean-Pierre Herr, Yann Herr, Alsace
Domaine Jean-Pierre Herr, La Cachette 2022
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A signature wine: Golden hay color. Deep scents of litchi, orange, hazelnut, blackberry, and violet with lavender. A tremendous lingering experience of candied orange peel and clementine, along with exotic notes of litchi and ripe red plum. A impressive level of satisfaction for each glass! Vegan and Natural wine, Certified Organic by French standards. Only Celerier's Cellar sells this wine in the USA.
13.00%
Riesling 15 years old - Muscat 50 years old
Certified HVE and Organic. Vines are planted in at high density (7,200 vines/hectare) to naturally stress them to reach deeper layers of sediments. Winter pruning starts in November, using Guyot simple short-arched techniques (max 10 buds), tied up close along the wire to optimize good aeration and prevent leaves packing (against Mildew). Spring starts with 2 manual ridging/ploughing back to kill weeds and protect younger vines against frost. These tasks are followed by suckering (removing the excess of branches) and disbudding the vines to control the yield’s quality: at this step, only 5 to 7 buds per vine are kept. When necessary, a very limited quantity of organic compounds is applied. End of May through mid-July, Yann is tying up again the spur in between the wires without pruning. After that, until end of August, this is the time for a final manual plowing and trimming. Harvests start in September, entirely done by hand and by plot, when pick maturity is reached.
Vegan and natural wine: Fully destemmed grappes of Riesling and Muscat blended and pressed with pneumatic press. 24 to 48 hours skin contact maceration. Settling by gravity for 12 hours. The must temperature is lowered to 10°C/50°F. before racking. Cold natural Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeast (temperature kept under 18°C/64.5°F) in stainless steel tanks: this process last until February, at the latest. Multiple tastings to define when the Alcoholic fermentation is stopped. No Malolactic fermentation. Tangential filtration (Vegan) to stop Alcoholic fermentation and clarify the wine, preventing the use of Sulfites or finning compounds. Extremely low dosage of sulfites when bottling to prevent contamination.
White blend
Riesling 50% - Muscat 50%
165 cases
Alsace
46 g.
Alsace 2022 is the record year for the most elevated temperatures and lasting drought in the region's history. Winter in Alsace was unusually warm, which did not allow the plants to fully rest. Spring set the stage for ideal farming conditions where the work was non-intrusive since no conditions for parasites and fungus appeared. Summer continued the same path as Spring, rising the sugar content in the grapes to an extreme level. Alcohols are very elevated for that vintage, a perfect experience for wine lovers of fleshy flavors and structured white wines.
Alsace, France
Terroirs in Berg, Southern exposition, Silty clay limestone soil from Lias era (200-180 millions years ago) with a bit of Iron, multiple naturel underground water source with excellent drainage. Terroir connected to Grand Cru Zotzenberg.
2022